Presidential Race: Latest Developments
VMRO-DPMNE believes Stevo Pendarovski doesn’t have the credibility to be the President. On Thursday, Mile Lefkov, MP from the opposition party, asked whether Pendarovski had been forced to enter the…
Laws to Limit Salaries of Officials Passed by Parliament
Parliament voted through on Thursday the changes to six laws filed by SDSM parliamentarians aiming to limit the salaries of officials. The previous day, the need to adopt the changes…
Chief Public Prosecutor Kocevski Meets EU Delegation Head Geer
On Thursday, Chief Public Prosecutor Ljupco Kocevski met with the EU Delegation’s Head, Ambassador David Geer, and representatives of the Delegation. Kocevski expressed gratitude for the EU’s support for both…
Statute of Limitations over Tenders Case Expires
The statute of limitations over the Tenders case, opened by the now-defunct Special Prosecutor’s Office, has expired, too, due to last year’s changes to the Criminal Code. In the case,…
PM Xhaferi Participates in Conference on Growth Plan for Western Balkans
On Thursday in Tirana, caretaker PM Talat Xhaferi delivered an address at the High-Level Conference on the Growth Plan for the Western Balkans. The event is a continuation of the…
Bojmacaliev: 85,000 Passport Templates to Have Arrived by Friday Morning
Another 85,000 passport templates will have arrived by Friday morning, additional Interior Minister Mitko Bojmacaliev said on Thursday. As he added, the system for issuing travel documents functions normally. According…
SDSM Leader Kovacevski Confident He’ll Again Be PM
In an interview with Sitel on Wednesday, SDSM leader Dimitar Kovacevski said his party and its coalition would win more MP seats than VMRO-DPMNE in the parliamentary elections. As he…
Changes to Extend Validity of Passports not Passed in Parliament
At the session of Parliament on Wednesday, the draft-changes filed by VMRO-DPMNE aiming to extend the validity of passports containing the previous constitutional name were not passed. 54 MPs voted…
Draft-Changes to Limit Officials’ Salaries Enters Parliamentary Procedure
On Wednesday, draft-changes filed the previous day by SDSM MPs aiming to freeze the salaries of officials entered procedure in Parliament. Though VMRO-DPMNE had initially supported the proposal, in principle,…
Trade Union Federation: Salaries of Officials should Return to Pre-Increase Level
Commenting on the proposal from SDSM for salaries of officials not to increase, Slobodan Trendafilov, President of the Trade Union Federation, said on Wednesday that the Federation had submitted a…